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2. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • HCA 240 Assignment: Blood Disorders • HCA 240 Exercise: Name That Pathogen • HCA 240 CheckPoint: Nervous System Diseases • · Resources: Appendix B, the My Pyramid Plan calculator Web site athttp://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx, and the U.S Department ofAgriculture: Dietary Supplements Web site HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2 Sets)

3. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues relatedto obesity, and about 300,000 people die of conditions related to obesity (Mulvihill et al.,2006). • Resource: healthfinder® Web site at http://healthfinder.gov/· Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum]· Select a genetic disorder from the list below. HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets)

4. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • HCA 240 Health and DiseasesCourse Syllabus Page 14Fourteen percent of the population in Nairobi, Kenya is infected with the HIV virus. The rate iseven higher in the Kenyan military at 20%. (Mulvihill et al., 2006) • Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity located onaXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca240/nail_in_foot.html· Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2 Sets)

5. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Resources: American Cancer Society (ACS) Web site at http://www.cancer.org and theNational Cancer Institute (NCI) Web site at http://www.cancer.gov· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • · Resources: Appendix D, and the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and CanCardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets)

6. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • · Resources: Appendix D, and the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and CanCardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • In 1964, 44% of the American population smoked. By 2002, the percentage of Americans thatsmoke had been cut in half (Mulvihill et al., 2006). HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets)

7. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Resources: p.164 of Human Diseases and the Asthma 101 video· Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum· Watch the Asthma 101 video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page byclicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button. • Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases, the WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com,and the drkoop® Web site at http://www.drkoop.com· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets)

8. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases and the glossary located on the text companionWeb site at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_mulvihill_humandisease_6· Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum· Post your response to the following: Write a 150- to 200-word script for a radio ad thatpromotes a healthy musculoskeletal system in old age. HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets)

9. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Resource: WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· Navigate to the WebMD® Web site. • Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum· Post your response to the following: Select and identify a disease in Ch. 10 that can beprevented or controlled by changes in lifestyle rather than by medications or therapy. HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets)

10. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum· Post your responses to Part A and Part B:o Part A: Post as patients. Select any digestive disorder of your choice covered in Ch.10. What would it be like if you were a patient suffering from the disease? • Teenagers and young adults ages 15-24 account for 48% of sexually transmitted diseases • (STDs) diagnosed (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Education is one of the weapons that can be usedto combat the spread of STDs. HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets)

11. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Resource: Ch. 11 of Human Diseases· Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum· Answer questions 1-8 below. In each scenario, the patient is experiencing renal failure. • According to the ADA Web site, 7% of the U.S. population has diabetes, and 30% of thosewith diabetes do not even know they have the disease. Maintaining proper levels of insulin isHCA 240 Health and DiseasesCourse Syllabus Page 24 HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2 Sets)

12. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum· Post your response to the following: Describe an example of “abnormal” endocrinefunction by selecting a gland, a hormone it is supposed to release, and how the targetorgans are affected when that specific endocrine process does not function properly. • Did you know that 57% of diabetics must check their blood sugar level every day, and 20% ofdiabetics that require medication don’t take it because they can’t afford it (Mulvihill et al.,2006)? HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets)

13. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • · Resources: University Library and Table 15-3 on p. 325 of Human Diseases· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum· Select a form of mental illness from the following list:o ADHD • · Resource: Appendix G· Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum· Read the case studies in Appendix G. HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets)

14. HCA 240 PAPER teaching effectively • Imagine the changes a head nurse that has worked at the same hospital over the last 45years has seen. From advances in organ transplants to the HIV/AIDS crisis, the health caredelivery industry must continually re-invent itself in order to provide effective service topatients. • Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases in obesity, cardiovasculardiseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestyle-related conditions. HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets) HCA 240 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a New System (2 Sets)

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